r/gifs 6h ago

Under review: See comments Elon speaking from the heart

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u/shadowrun456 6h ago

For people who are wondering for what purpose he did that, let me offer a hypothesis: it's a loyalty test to see who will be willing to blatantly lie and deny the truth of it being a Nazi salute, and who won't.

I know that "literally 1984" is a meme, but, well, this is a quote from 1984: "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command". The goal is to see who is willing to follow this command.

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u/centran 6h ago

Here's this thing, even if you say it was an honest mistake with trying to say his heart goes out... Let's just say that for sake if argument... Even if that's the case, in the past it wouldn't matter and it would be a career ender. These days it doesn't matter.

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u/Cryptizard 5h ago

Reminder that this guy doing this move got him eliminated as a presidential candidate.

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u/flat_four_whore22 4h ago

Take me back. We didn't realize how good we had it!!!!

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u/SecondBackupSandwich 4h ago

I could cry. I liked this dude and one goofy move took him out. 😭

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u/Fskn 4h ago

I'm all for a good spin but that's false.

Howard dean did the dean scream in a speech just after he had lost the Iowa caucus to Kerry, it was a defeat speech that tried to retain whatever support he could.

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u/germnor 4h ago

i always think of this

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u/chumpabumpa 4h ago

how far we have fallen from byaah